I sit here this today in the cold dark New Mexico morning thinking of all the things that I have myself been called, and fellow patriots across this great land of ours called in these recent turbulent times. We have been called Crackpots, Lunatics, Doomsayers, Idiots Criminals and to use the word of the day, Domestic Terrroists. To be fair, there are some out there that call themselves "Militia Members" that may be one or all of the above!
However, I have for many years associated with "Militia Members" in many areas of our fine country and would like to try in my humble way to explain what I see when I look at the "Militia Members" that I have known. I want ot warn the readers now, I do not have the Flowery rhetoric and way with words of some of those that I associate with and that I am proud to call my friends have. I am just hoping that I can do justice to the people that I start to discuss here.
I know that when the word 'Militia" is spoken in regular circles, you see a mixture of expressions from those around from amusement to disgust. That, I have to lay at our feet, we have let that happen from our secrecy and silence some of this is required, but a lot is not. Some of this comes from a natural distrust of those around us, sometimes with good reason. What has happened over the years of doing this however, is that we have let the Government and peoples imaginations dictate what they believe the "Militia Member" is. This generalization is one or more of the previous list for most, we have been portrayed as a two headed monster ready to ravage wives and eat children by our detractors! Once again, we have allowed this picture of us to remain out there for the public to see and remember. Do you every remember seeing a picture of a clean, well dressed, working family man with the caption "Local Militia Member" under it? We both know you never have and you never will, you will see a picture of a como'd wild eyed man brandishing a rifle because it will sell papers, and it would not do for the public to have the picture of a normal family man of us in thier mind the next time the Government wants to rant about the "rabid thugs" that are the backbone of the militia in our country.
I am going to try in my limited way to let the readers of this piece know what I have seen through my eyes over these past many years of dealing with in many ways, and even being myself one of these patriots.
I shouls explain, the even though I will mostly use the male gender in my writings, there are a great many female patriots out there also, and in no way do I mean to slight them in this writing!
I have had the distinct honor to have associated with Militia members, Minute Men, and a whole host of other Patriots for a good many years. Were they all perfect, polite, unswearing people? No, they were not. Were they people who would look you right in the eye as they shook your hand and spoke to you? Those I have dealt with have been, and they as do I myself worry if a person could not do the same. For the most part, these people are God loving Patriots who are sick of what the Government is doing to the country that they love. They are people just like you that have homes and families that they want to come home to at night. They have jobs that they hold, and pay taxes and do the same things that you do on a regular basis. But then, they go the extra mile and they give up the time that they could be spending with thier families to go out and train with thier fellow militia members. These people leave thier warm comfortable homes and go out in the desart, or mountains, or hills whatever type of terrain is near them and train. Now I am sure that at this point some of you are shaking your heads and muttering, sure, they train, with visions of a bunch of guys sitting around a fire with beers in thier hand. Think again, the training is real, I know the next thought had to be training for what? We live in a very unstable world at this time in our history.
Our country is being invaded daily with impunity. Our president does not seem to care that we are rapidly slipping down that slippery slope from "Superpower" to just another name on the map, and by some accounts, he may be helping the process along. We are facing financial crisis, evry country in the world right now is facing economic ruin, and we are painted as the cause of it. Because of this we have some very real concerns that we may be needed to defend our country and our way of life in the same way that the "Militia Members" of our forefathers were needed to help secure our country at the beginning. Think back to the days you spent in history class, we were taught that people laughed and called the original militia names also. Many did not want them around or to associate with them because they did not want to end up on the "LIST" of the day. We look back now and know that if it was not for these people we would not have our great country now. These brave men that listened to thier hearts and did what was needed in spite of the jeers of thier fellow citizens are the reason we can sit here and repeat history. There were approximately 3% that activly fought for our FREEDOM rom England. That is where the term 3 percenters has derived from. There is also a "Battle Flag" designed by a friend of mine that stands out at many gatherings, a thirteen star flag with the roman numeral III in the circle of stars. This is the "Niberg Battle Flag" honoring and remembering that original 3 percent, and was designed by one of the Original Modern Minute Men that patrolled our Border in 2005.
These people do not consider themselves superheroes, but in my mind they do heroic things. They have stood to defend America when others couldn't or wouldn't. The key to this though is that they are common people with concern just like you, as I have previously said, they have homes to take care of, they hold jobs, have families which are near and dear to them. The biggest difference, is the fire in thier eyes and the set to thier jaws when they discuss thier love for this country, thier freedoms, and the fact that they want to make sure that they pass along to thier children and grandchildren the freedoms and love of country that they were given them by thier forefathere, payed for with the loss of thier blood, and to stop the erosion of those rights by self serving politicians out only for thier own gains. Can any less be expected of people today? Unfortunately most people today think the Government will take care of all thier needs and will never let anything bad happen to them. They don't stop to think that the government had a duty to protect those along the border that have been raped and murdered also, but that did not happen! There has always been a certain breed of person that has "marched to the tune of a different drummer" and this is how I see the modern patriots of our great land. They do march to a different tune, but it is a much needed tune for a country in deep trouble from within. I would love to see the blaze of Patrioism and Freedon in every Americans eyes that I see in the Patriots that I have had the HONOR of knowing. I hope that in some small way I have done justice to those people that I have known in this piece. May God Bless America, and Bless the Patriots of all shape, color, and faith that give thier time and love to defend. Last but not least may God bless those that sit at home and wait as we go out and do what we feel we have to, because without thier support this would be an impossible burden to bear!
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